Improvement in stkaw-outter



HILES & DANNER.

Straw Cutter.

` Patented July `21, 1868.

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S. B. HILES AND J. B. DANNER, OF SALTILLOVILLE, INDIANA.

Letters Patent No. 80,175, dated July 21, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN STRAW-GUTTER.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONGERN:

Be it known that we, S. B. HILES and J'. B. BANNER, of Saltilloville, in the county of Washington, and in the State'of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements `in Straw-Cutters and do hereby declare that 4the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being made to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

In the annexed drawings, forming 'part of this specification- Figure 1 is a side view, and Figure 2 a. front view ofthe straw-cntter. Figure 3 is a. top view ofthe self-feeding'rako'. A represents the frame on which the box B rests. This, frame has two upright posts C, which are, grooved,

und inA which grooves the frame' D, with the obliquely-placed cutting-knives E E, serrated 4on their cutting-edges, v

`slides up and down. At the top of the frame D, the handle to the rake F passes in such a. manner that, when the frame is raised, the rake is turned' down into the straw in the box B, and drags it forward, and when the frame D is lowered, the rake is raised and movedv back. The frame D is raised and lowered by means of the lever G, fastened to a rod, H,`which rod is attached `to the frame A. At the front part of thebox B is' a horizontally-placed knife, I. `This knife I is stationary, and the other knives E E run close to it, 'and in conjunction with it cut the straw when the frame D descends.

We do not claim the self-acting rake, nor do we claim a. U-shaped cutting-knife in a. slidin hy a. lever.

What we do claim is- The combinetion of the obliquely-placed serrated knives E E in the sliding frame D, with the horizontal stationary knife I, in the frame A, and the rake F, all constructed and operating as shown and described. In testimony that we claim the foregoing, we have hereunto set our hands, this 4th day of April, 1868.

S. B. HILES, Y J. B. BANNER. Witnesses:

EDMUND T. CHERTAIN, JOSHUA LARKIN.

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